| Titel | Reihenfolge |
| The Things We Do to Make It Home: A Novel von Beverly Gologorsky | Best Fiction |
| Kill the Messenger von Robert Kelly | Poetry, 1980 |
| Walter Lippmann and the American Century von Ronald Steel | History, 1980 |
| The Second Coming von Walker Percy | Fiction, 1980 |
| Without Fear or Favor: The New York Times and Its Times von Harrison E. Salisbury | General Award, 1980 |
| Three Pieces von Ntozake Shange | Poetry, 1981 |
| Land of Savagery, Land of Promise: The European Image of the American Frontier in the Nineteenth Century von Ray Allen Billington | History, 1981 |
| Das weiße Hotel : Roman von D. M. Thomas | Fiction, 1981 |
| Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number von Jacobo Timerman | Current Interest, 1981 |
| Mornings on Horseback von David McCullough | Biography, 1981 |
| Waldo Emerson von Gay Wilson Allen | Biography, 1982 |
| Plutonian Ode: And Other Poems 1977-1980 (City Lights Pocket Poets Series) von Allen Ginsberg | Poetry, 1982 |
| Das Tor des himmlischen Friedens Die Chinesen und ihre Revolution 1895 - 1980 von Jonathan D. Spence | History, 1982 |
| Das Geschrei deiner Feinde von Robert Stone | Fiction, 1982 |
| Das Schicksal der Erde. Gefahr und Folgen eines Atomkrieges. von Jonathan Schell | Current Interest, 1982 |
| The Changing Light at Sandover von James Merrill | Poetry, 1983 |
| Sozialgeschichte des 15.-18. Jahrhunderts Band 3. Der Handel von Fernand Braudel | History, 1983 |
| Schindlers Liste von Thomas Keneally | Fiction, 1983 |
| Loch im Kosmos. Das letzte Hilf dir selbst Buch. von Walker Percy | Current Interest, 1983 |
| The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House von Seymour M. Hersh | Biography, 1983 |
| The Maximus Poems von Charles Olson | Poetry, 1984 |
| Das große Katzenmassaker : Streifzüge durch die französische Kultur vor der Revolution von Robert Darnton | History, 1984 |
| Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins von Milan Kundera | Fiction, 1984 |
| Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life von Jane Jacobs | Current Interest, 1984 |
| Das Leben Franz Kafkas von Ernst Pawel | Biography, 1984 |
| Cross Ties: Selected Poems von X. J. Kennedy | Poetry, 1985 |
| Son of the Morning Star von Evan S. Connell | History, 1985 |
| Liebeszauber von Louise Erdrich | Fiction, 1985 |
| Gewohnheiten des Herzens von Robert N. Bellah | Current Interest, 1985 |
| Solzhenitsyn: A Biography von Michael Scammell | Biography, 1985 |
| Collected Poems, 1948-1984 von Derek Walcott | Poetry, 1986 |
| The First Socialist Society: A History of the Soviet Union from Within, Second Enlarged Edition von Geoffrey A. Hosking | History, 1986 |
| Der Report der Magd von Margaret Atwood | Fiction, 1986 |
| Die Zeit ist schwarz. Tragödie Südafrikas. ( Sachbuch). von Joseph Lelyveld | Current Interest, 1986 |
| Alexander Pope: A Life von Maynard Mack | Biography, 1986 |
| Partial Accounts von William Meredith | Poetry, 1987 |
| Fools Crow von James Welch | Fiction, 1987 |
| The Blind Watchmaker von Richard Dawkins | Current Interest, 1987 |
| Hemingway. von Kenneth S. Lynn | Biography, 1987 |
| New and Collected Poems von Richard Wilbur | Poetry, 1988 |
| Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 von Eric Foner | History, 1988 |
| Die Liebe in Zeiten der Cholera von Gabriel Garcia Marquez | Fiction, 1988 |
| Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country von William Greider | Current Interest, 1988 |
| Nora. Das Leben der Nora Joyce von Brenda Maddox | Biography, 1988 |
| Wilde Diplomaten: Versöhnung und Entspannungspolitik bei Affen und Menschen von Frans B. M. de Waal | Science and Technology, 1989 |
| The One Day von Donald Hall | Poetry, 1989 |
| Ein eigenes Reich: Wie jüdische Emigranten Hollywood erfanden von Neal Gabler | History, 1989 |
| Kein Wunder, daß Harry sündigte : Roman. von Fay Weldon | Fiction, 1989 |
| Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63 von Taylor Branch | Current Interest, 1989 |
| Das Blaue vom Himmel - This Boy's Life von Tobias Wolff | Biography, 1989 |
| Ayla und das Tal der Großen Mutter von Jean M. Auel | Finalist, 1990 |
| Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk Vacine von Jane S. Smith | Science and Technology, 1990 |
| The Color of Mesabi Bones: Poems and Prose Poems von John Caddy | Poetry, 1990 |
| The Quest for El Cid von Richard Fletcher | History, 1990 |
| Lantern Slides von Edna O'Brien | Fiction, 1990 |
| Disappearing Through the Skylight: Culture and Technology in the Twentieth Century von Jr. O. B. Hardison | Current Interest, 1990 |
| A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt von Geoffrey C. Ward | Biography, 1990 |
| Pangs of Love von David Wong Louie | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 1991 |
| The Truth About Chernobyl von Grigori Medvedev | Science and Technology, 1991 |
| What Work Is von Philip Levine | Poetry, 1991 |
| The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America von Nicholas Lemann | History, 1991 |
| White People von Allan Gurganus | Fiction, 1991 |
| Why Americans Hate Politics von E. J. Dionne, Jr. | Current Interest, 1991 |
| Righteous Pilgrim: The Life and Times of Harold L. Ickes, 1874-1952 von T. H. Watkins | Biography, 1991 |
| High Cotton von Darryl Pinckney | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 1992 |
| An Atlas of the Difficult World: Poems 1988-1991 von Adrienne Rich | Poetry, 1992 |
| Der dritte Schimpanse: Evolution und Zukunft des Menschen von Jared M. Diamond | Science and Technology, 1992 |
| Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism von Alexander Stille | History, 1992 |
| Maus II. Die Geschichte eines Überlebenden. Und hier begann mein Unglück von Art Spiegelman | Fiction, 1992 |
| The End of History and the Last Man von Francis Fukuyama | Current Interest, 1992 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: 1884-1933 von Blanche Wiesen Cook | Biography, 1992 |
| Love: Enter von Paul Kafka-Gibbons | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 1993 |
| Fuzzy Logic. Die 'unscharfe' Logik erobert die Technik. von Daniel McNeill | Science and Technology, 1993 |
| My Alexandria von Mark Doty | Poetry, 1993 |
| New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery von Anthony Grafton | History, 1993 |
| Pigs in Heaven von Barbara Kingsolver | Fiction, 1993 |
| Mexican Americans: The Ambivalent Minority von Peter Skerry | Current Interest, 1993 |
| Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer von John Mack Faragher | Biography, 1993 |
| Jenseits von Babylon von David Malouf | Fiction, 1994 |
| Year of the Frog: A Novel von Martin M. Simecka | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 1994 |
| Der Schnabel des Finken oder Der kurze Atem der Evolution von Jonathan Weiner | Science and Technology, 1994 |
| The Angel of History von Carolyn Forché | Poetry, 1994 |
| Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Makings of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 von George Chauncey | History, 1994 |
| Diplomacy by Kissinger, Henry A. ( Author ) ON Dec-03-2003, Paperback von Henry Kissinger | Current Interest, 1994 |
| Das Herz der Gewalt von Mikal Gilmore | Biography, 1994 |
| Diese lang vergessene Sehnsucht. von Mark Merlis | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 1995 |
| Des Lebens ganze Fülle. Eine Liebeserklärung an die Wunder der Welt. von Edward O. Wilson | Science and Technology, 1995 |
| Inferno von Dante Alighieri | (Pinsky Translation) Poetry, 1995 |
| Fables Of Abundance: A Cultural History Of Advertising In America von Jackson Lears | History, 1995 |
| Die blaue Stunde von William Boyd | Fiction, 1995 |
| Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black von Gregory Howard Williams | Current Interest, 1995 |
| Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949 von Doris Lessing | Biography, 1995 |
| Krokodile weinen nicht. von Mark Behr | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 1996 |
| The Demon- Haunted World. Science as a Candle in the Dark von Carl Sagan | Science and Technology, 1996 |
| Mixed Company von Alan Shapiro | Poetry, 1996 |
| Schwarzes Meer von Neal Ascherson | History, 1996 |
| Das Gleichgewicht der Welt von Rohinton Mistry | Fiction, 1996 |
| Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War von Peter Maass | Current Interest, 1996 |
| Die Asche meiner Mutter von Frank McCourt | Biography, 1996 |
| Nataschas Tanz. Eine Kulturgeschichte Russlands von Orlando Figes | 1997 |
| Don't Erase Me: Stories von Carolyn Ferrell | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 1997 |
| Wie das Denken im Kopf entsteht von Steven Pinker | Science and Technology, 1997 |
| Black Zodiac: Poems von Charles Wright | Poetry, 1997 |
| Tragödie eines Volkes. Die Epoche der russischen Revolution 1891-1924 von Orlando Figes | History, 1997 |
| Das Böse im Blut: Roman von James Carlos Blake | Fiction, 1997 |
| The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down von Anne Fadiman | Current Interest, 1997 |
| Whittaker Chambers: A Biography von Sam Tanenhaus | Biography, 1997 |
| Kalimantaan von Christina Godshalk | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 1998 |
| Rules of the Road von Joan Bauer | Young Adult Fiction, 1998 |
| Blut. Stoff für Leben und Kommerz von Douglas Starr | Science and Technology, 1998 |
| Mysteries of Small Houses (Penguin Poets) von Alice Notley | Poetry, 1998 |
| The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present von Roy Porter | History, 1998 |
| Die Ringe des Saturn. Eine englische Wallfahrt von W. G. Sebald | Fiction, 1998 |
| We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: Stories from Rwanda von Philip Gourevitch | Current Interest, 1998 |
| Charles Lindbergh. Ein Idol des 20. Jahrhunderts von A. Scott Berg | Biography, 1998 |
| Amy & Isabelle: Roman von Elizabeth Strout | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 1999 |
| Frenchtown Summer von Robert Cormier | Young Adult Fiction, 1999 |
| Galileos Tochter: Eine Geschichte von der Wissenschaft, den Sternen und der Liebe von Dava Sobel | Science and Technology, 1999 |
| Repair: Poems von C. K. Williams | Poetry, 1999 |
| Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II von John W. Dower | History, 1999 |
| Die Melodie der Freiheit von Amit Chaudhuri | Fiction, 1999 |
| Sidewalk von Mitchell Duneier | Current Interest, 1999 |
| Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette von Judith Thurman | Biography, 1999 |
| Ein Sommer in Kalkutta von Amit Chaudhuri | 2000 |
| Benares oder Eine Erziehung des Herzens von Pankaj Mishra | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2000 |
| Miracle's Boys von Jacqueline Woodson | Young Adult Fiction, 2000 |
| The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine von James Le Fanu | Science and Technology, 2000 |
| The Throne of Labdacus: A Poem von Gjertrud Schnackenberg | Poetry, 2000 |
| Ein Ort für die Ewigkeit von Val McDermid | Mystery/Thriller, 2000 |
| The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach von Alice Kaplan | History, 2000 |
| Assorted Fire Events: Stories von David Means | Fiction, 2000 |
| Way Out There In the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War von Frances FitzGerald | Current Interest, 2000 |
| Jefferson Davis, American von William J. Cooper | Biography, 2000 |
| Die dunkle Kammer von Rachel Seiffert | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2001 |
| Mein Traum vom eigenen Land von Mildred D. Taylor | Young Adult Fiction, 2001 |
| Die Erfindung der Wolken: Wie ein unbekannter Meteorologe die Sprache des Himmels erforschte von Richard Hamblyn | Science and Technology, 2001 |
| The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos von Anne Carson | Poetry, 2001 |
| Der stille Mann: Roman von T. Jefferson Parker | Mystery/Thriller, 2001 |
| Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus von Rick Perlstein | History, 2001 |
| Why Did I Ever von Mary Robison | Fiction, 2001 |
| Arbeit poor. Unterwegs in der Dienstleistungsgesellschaft von Barbara Ehrenreich | Current Interest, 2001 |
| Theodore Rex von Edmund Morris | Biography, 2001 |
| Prag. von Arthur Phillips | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2002 |
| Feed von M. T. Anderson | Young Adult Fiction, 2002 |
| Rosalind Franklin. Die Entdeckung der DNA oder der Kampf einer Frau um wissenschaftliche Anerkennung. [Rosalind Franklin. The Dark Lady of DNA.] von Brenda Maddox | Science and Technology, 2002 |
| The Watercourse von Cynthia Zarin | Poetry, 2002 |
| Wut im Bauch. Der zweite Fall von Derek Strange. von George P. Pelecanos | Mystery/Thriller, 2002 |
| Six Days of War von Michael B. Oren | History, 2002 |
| Abbitte von Ian McEwan | Fiction, 2002 |
| Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex von Judith Levine | Current Interest, 2002 |
| Master of the Senate von Robert A. Caro | Biography, 2002 |
| Das Licht des Nordens von Jennifer Donnelly | Young Adult Fiction, 2003 |
| Protecting America's Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation von Philip J. Hilts | Science and Technology, 2003 |
| Collected Later Poems von Anthony Hecht | Poetry, 2003 |
| Soul Circus von George P. Pelecanos | Mystery/Thriller, 2003 |
| An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America von Henry Wiencek | History, 2003 |
| Supergute Tage oder Die sonderbare Welt des Christopher Boone von Mark Haddon | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2003 |
| The New Chinese Empire: And What It Means For The United States von Ross Terrill | Current Interest, 2003 |
| Train von Pete Dexter | Fiction, 2003 |
| American Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization von Neil Smith | Biography, 2003 |
| Doing It von Melvin Burgess | Young Adult Fiction, 2004 |
| The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change von Charles Wohlforth | Science and Technology, 2004 |
| Inner Voices: Selected Poems, 1963-2003 von Richard Howard | Poetry, 2004 |
| Tijuana Straits von Kem Nunn | Mystery/Thriller, 2004 |
| Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime: From the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism von Geoffrey R. Stone | History, 2004 |
| Harbor von Lorraine Adams | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2004 |
| Porträt des Meisters in mittleren Jahren von Colm Tóibín | Fiction, 2004 |
| Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, And The New Face Of American War von Evan Wright | Current Interest, 2004 |
| de Kooning: An American Master von Mark Stevens | Biography, 2004 |
| Du & du & du: Roman von Per Nilsson | Young Adult Fiction, 2005 |
| Before The Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima von Diana Preston | Science and Technology, 2005 |
| Refusing Heaven von Jack Gilbert | Poetry, 2005 |
| Die kalte Legende von Robert Littell | Mystery/Thriller, 2005 |
| Sprengt die Ketten von Adam Hochschild | History, 2005 |
| Du sollst Bestie sein! von Uzodinma Iweala | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2005 |
| Erinnerung an meine traurigen Huren von Gabriel Garcia Marquez | Fiction, 2005 |
| Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War von Anthony Shadid | Current Interest, 2005 |
| Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse: The Conquest of Colour: 1909-1954 von Hilary Spurling | Biography, 2005 |
| Echo Park: Roman von Michael Connelly | Mystery/Thriller, 2006 |
| Tyrell von Coe Booth | Young Adult Fiction, 2006 |
| Auf der Suche nach dem Gedächtnis: Die Entstehung einer neuen Wissenschaft des Geistes von Eric R. Kandel | Science and Technology, 2006 |
| Ooga-Booga: Poems von Frederick Seidel | Poetry, 2006 |
| Der Tod wird euch finden: Al-Qaida und der Weg zum 11. September - von Lawrence Wright | History, 2006 |
| Weisse Geister von Alice Greenway | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2006 |
| Die Passion des Personalbeauftragten von A. B. Yehoshua | Fiction, 2006 |
| Die Grenzen der Toleranz. Der Mord an Theo van Gogh von Ian Buruma | Current Interest, 2006 |
| Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination von Neal Gabler | Biography, 2006 |
| Mortal Engines - Die verlorene Stadt von Philip Reeve | Young Adult Literature, 2007 |
| Ich bin eine seltsame Schleife von Douglas R. Hofstadter | Science & Technology, 2007 |
| Old Heart: Poems von Stanley Plumly | Poetry, 2007 |
| Stumme Schreie von Karin Fossum | Mystery/Thriller, 2007 |
| Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA von Tim Weiner | History, 2007 |
| Zum Wiedersehen der Sterne von Dinaw Mengestu | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2007 |
| Be Near Me von Andrew O'Hagan | Fiction, 2007 |
| Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point von Elizabeth D. Samet | Current Interest, 2007 |
| Der junge Stalin: Das frühe Leben des Diktators 1878-1917 von Simon Sebag Montefiore | Biography, 2007 |
| Eine Insel: Roman von Terry Pratchett | Young Adult Literature, 2008 |
| The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics von Leonard Susskind | Science & Technology, 2008 |
| Watching the Spring Festival: Poems von Frank Bidart | Poetry, 2008 |
| Envy the Night von Michael Koryta | Mystery/Thriller, 2008 |
| Hitlers Imperium: Europa unter der Herrschaft des Nationalsozialismus von Mark Mazower | History, 2008 |
| Die letzte Sure von Zoe Ferraris | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2008 |
| Home von Marilynne Robinson | Fiction, 2008 |
| Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency von Barton Gellman | Current Interest, 2008 |
| Ida: A Sword Among Lions von Paula J. Giddings | Biography, 2008 |
| Asterios Polyp von David Mazzucchelli | Graphic Novel, 2009 |
| Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits von Linda Gordon | Biography, 2009 |
| Glückliche Ehe von Rafael Yglesias | Fiction, 2009 |
| Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963 (Americans and the California Dream) von Kevin Starr | History, 2009 |
| Marching For Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary von Elizabeth Partridge | Young Adult Literature, 2009 |
| Practical Water (Wesleyan Poetry Series) von Brenda Hillman | Poetry, 2009 |
| Rost von Philipp Meyer | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2009 |
| Die Schatten von Belfast: Thriller von Stuart Neville | Mystery/Thriller, 2009 |
| Der seltsamste Mensch. Das verborgene Leben des Quatengenies Paul Dirac von Graham Farmelo | Science and Technology, 2009 |
| Zeitoun von Dave Eggers | Current Interest, 2009 |
| The Big Short: Wie eine Handvoll Trader die Welt verzockte von Michael Lewis | Current Interest, 2010 |
| A Conspiracy of Kings von Megan Whalen Turner | Young Adult, 2010 |
| Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter von Tom Franklin | Mystery/Thriller, 2010 |
| Duncan the Wonder Dog von Adam Hines | Graphic Novel, 2010 |
| Der größere Teil der Welt von Jennifer Egan | Fiction, 2010 |
| The House of Tomorrow von Peter Bognanni | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2010 |
| The Killing of Crazy Horse von Thomas Powers | History, 2010 |
| The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness von Oren Harman | Science & Technology, 2010 |
| Unbeugsam: Eine wahre Geschichte von Widerstandskraft und Überlebenskampf von Laura Hillenbrand | Biography, 2010 |
| Where I Live: New & Selected Poems 1990-2010 von Maxine Kumin | Poetry, 2010 |
| Der Anschlag von Stephen King | Mystery/Thriller, 2011 |
| The Big Crunch von Pete Hautman | Young Adult, 2011 |
| Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned von John A. Farrell | Biography, 2011 |
| Double Shadow: Poems von Carl Phillips | Poetry, 2011 |
| Finder: Voice von Carla Speed McNeil | Graphic Novel, 2011 |
| Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius von Sylvia Nasar | Science and Technology, 2011 |
| Luminarium von Alex Shakar | Fiction, 2011 |
| Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America von Richard White | History, 2011 |
| Schnelles Denken, langsames Denken von Daniel Kahneman | Current Interest, 2011 |
| Shards: A Novel von Ismet Prcic | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2011 |
| America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union von Fergus M. Bordewich | History, 2012 |
| Annawadi oder der Traum von einem anderen Leben von Katherine Boo | Current Interest, 2012 |
| Ask the Passengers von A. S. King | Young Adult, 2012 |
| Broken Harbour von Tana French | Mystery/Thriller, 2012 |
| Der Busen : Meisterwerk der Evolution von Florence Williams | Science and Technology, 2012 |
| Die irre Heldentour des Billy Lynn von Ben Fountain | Fiction, 2012 |
| The Passage of Power von Robert A. Caro | Biography, 2012 |
| Poems 1962-2012 von Louise Glück | Poetry, 2012 |
| Sammy Harkham: Everything Together: Collected Stories (Picturebox Books) von Sammy Harkham | Graphic Novel, 2012 |
| Seating Arrangements von Maggie Shipstead | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2012 |
| Bolivar: American Liberator von Marie Arana | Biography, 2013 |
| Boxers & Saints Boxed Set von Gene Luen Yang | Young Adult Literature, 2013 |
| Collected Poems von Ron Padgett | Poetry, 2013 |
| Countdown: Hat die Erde eine Zukunft? von Alan Weisman | Science & Technology, 2013 |
| Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital von Sheri Fink | Current Interest, 2013 |
| Geschichte für einen Augenblick: Roman von Ruth Ozeki | Fiction, 2013 |
| Heute ist der letzte Tag vom Rest deines Lebens von Ulli Lust | Graphic Novel, 2013 |
| Der Ruf des Kuckucks von Robert Galbraith | Mystery/Thriller, 2013 |
| Die Schlafwandler: Wie Europa in den Ersten Weltkrieg zog von Christopher Clark | History, 2013 |
| Wir brauchen neue Namen von NoViolet Bulawayo | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2013 |
| Citizen: An American Lyric von Claudia Rankine | Poetry, 2014 |
| Dry Bones in the Valley von Tom Bouman | Mystery / Thriller, 2014 |
| The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia von Candace Fleming | Young Adult Literature, 2014 |
| Die gleißende Welt von Siri Hustvedt | Fiction, 2014 |
| The Love Bunglers von Jaime Hernandez | Graphic Novel/Comics, 2014 |
| Napoleon: A Life von Andrew Roberts | Biography, 2014 |
| Die Schwerelosen von Valeria Luiselli | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2014 |
| Das sechste Sterben wie der Mensch Naturgeschichte schreibt von Elizabeth Kolbert | Science & Technology, 2014 |
| The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League von Jeff Hobbs | Current Interest, 2014 |
| Sintflut: Die Neuordnung der Welt 1916-1931 von Adam Tooze | History, 2014 |
| Der dunkle Fluss von Chigozie Obioma | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2015 |
| From the New World: Poems 1976-2014 von Jorie Graham | Poetry, 2015 |
| The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World von Andrea Wulf | Science & Technology, 2015 |
| Das Kartell von Don Winslow | Mystery/Thriller, 2015 |
| Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel von Dan Ephron | History, 2015 |
| Listening to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi von Hayden Herrera | Biography, 2015 |
| My Seneca Village von Marilyn Nelson | Young Adult, 2015 |
| The Story of My Teeth von Valeria Luiselli | Fiction, 2015 |
| Der Super-Araber: Eine Kindheit im Nahen Osten (1978-1984) von Riad Sattouf | Graphic Novel, 2015 |
| Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security von Sarah Chayes | Current Interest, 2015 |
| Adolf Hitler, die Jahre des Aufstiegs von Volker Ullrich | Biography, 2016 |
| An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 von Benjamin Madley | History, 2016 |
| Beverly von Nick Drnaso | Graphic Novel/Comics, 2016 |
| Dodgers von Bill Beverly | Mystery/Thriller, 2016 |
| Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City von Matthew Desmond | finalist, Current Interest, 2016 |
| Gap Gardening: Selected Poems von Rosmarie Waldrop | Poetry, 2016 |
| Geister von Nathan Hill | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2016 |
| Imagine Me Gone von Adam Haslett | Fiction, 2016 |
| The Lie Tree von Frances Hardinge | Young Adult Literature, 2016 |
| Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets von Luke Dittrich | Science & Technology, 2016 |
| Secondhand-Zeit von Svetlana Alexievich | Current Interest, 2016 |
| They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement von Wesley Lowery | Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, 2016 |
| Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst von Robert M. Sapolsky | Science & Technology, 2017 |
| A Book of American Martyrs von Joyce Carol Oates | Mystery /Thriller, 2017 |
| The Death and Life of the Great Lakes von Dan Egan | History, 2017 |
| Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America von Nancy Maclean | Current Interest, 2017 |
| Exit West von Mohsin Hamid | Fiction, 2017 |
| Henry David Thoreau: A Life von Laura Dassow Walls | Biography, 2017 |
| The Hue and Cry at Our House: A Year Remembered von Benjamin Taylor | Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, 2017 |
| Incendiary Art: Poems (Triquarterly Books) von Patricia Smith | Poetry, 2017 |
| Long Way Down von Jason Reynolds | Young Adult Literature, 2017 |
| Present von Leslie Stein | Graphic Novel/Comics, 2017 |
| Sour Heart von Jenny Zhang | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2017 |
| Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America von Beth Macy | Science & Technology, 2018 |
| Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom von David W. Blight | Biography, 2018 |
| The Great Believers von Rebecca Makkai | Fiction, 2018 |
| Heads of the Colored People: Stories von Nafissa Thompson-Spires | First Fiction, 2018 |
| Heavy: An American Memoir von Kiese Laymon | Autobiographical Prose, 2018 |
| The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border von Francisco Cantú | Current Interest, 2018 |
| Meine Schwester, die Serienmörderin von Oyinkan Braithwaite | Mystery/Thriller, 2018 |
| The Poet X von Elizabeth Acevedo | Young Adult Literature, 2018 |
| Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism Through the Eyes of Everyday People von Julia Boyd | History, 2018 |
| Wild Is the Wind: Poems von Carl Phillips | Poetry, 2018 |
| Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine von Emily Bernard | Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, 2019 |
| Black Leopard, Red Wolf von Marlon James | Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, 2019 |
| Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration von Emily Bazelon | Current Interest, 2019 |
| Deaf Republic: Poems von Ilya Kaminsky | Poetry, 2019 |
| Figuring von Maria Popova | Science & Technology, 2019 |
| The Hard Tomorrow von Eleanor Davis | Graphic Novel/Comics, 2019 |
| The Old Drift von Namwali Serpell | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2019 |
| Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century von George Packer | Biography, 2019 |
| They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South von Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers | History, 2019 |
| The Topeka School von Ben Lerner | Fiction, 2019 |
| When the Ground Is Hard von Malla Nunn | Young Adult Literature, 2019 |
